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The simplest way to explain Flex Data Services (FDS) is to compare them with Flex Remoting. Simply put, FDS addresses only a subset of operations facilitated via Flex Remoting - result set requests. However, whereas Flex Remoting enables one-way requests, FDS combines one-way requests ...
Flex 2 applications may have complex architectures and they are usually made up of multiple files: MXML, Actionscript and CSS.
You read the blogs, see a couple of articles, and hear all the buzz about Flex 2 and how it can really transform how your users can fluidly interact with information and the business in an exciting and efficient new way.
Traditional application development processes make it challenging to meet the time and budget constraints facing businesses today. Going from the requirements gathering phase to writing up design documents to delivering applications can take many months-which is often too long for exec...
All objects in recent versions of ActionScript are defined by something called classes. Think of classes as blueprints that determine the unique combination of characteristics, actions, and reactions that comprises a particular object of a certain type. By 'object,' we are talking abou...
With all the noise the Web 2.0 revolutionaries are making, it's easy to ignore another-this time velvet-revolution. E-commerce 2.0 is coming into maturity and getting ready to relieve its now 10+ year old predecessor. It's about time.
RSS - Really Simple Syndication - is about sharing content with new audiences. Lots of websites create RSS feeds so that their audiences can get updates using their favorite Aggregators (like NetNewsWire). Other websites collect that content and republish it in new venues, to new audie...
There comes a day when we all need an application in multiple languages. Eso es la verdad. In Flex, the solution to this problem is resource bundles. In this article, I'll describe the basic use of resource bundles and create a small example in Flex Builder. I'll also suggest some ...
I gotta say, I had a lot of fun at the Real-World Flex Seminar SYS-CON put together. Things went, for me, really smoothly. Registration, getting Internet at the booth, and hooking up with my team. Free coffee was readily available, so I was set.
On August 14, I attended the seminar RealWorld Flex in New York City. I was really impressed by the endless number of presentations showing the use of Adobe Flex 2 technology in the real world applications. Real-time processing, vector graphics, collaboration, messaging, multimedia, ...